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Interjection

//ˌɪn.tɚˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən// noun

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Noun

1
An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
"322. The parts of speech which are neither declined nor conjugated, are called by the general name of particles. 323. They are adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections."
2
the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts wordnet
3
An interruption; something interjected
"Mnuchin, asked about climate change in a CNBC interview after his comments about Thunberg, argued there were bigger issues that also needed to be addressed. When a host noted clean air rules as an example of something that might be more urgent, Mnuchin ignored the interjection."
4
an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English interjeccioun, from Old French interjection (13th century), from Latin interiectiōnem, accusative singular of interiectiō (“throwing or placing between; interjection”), perfect passive participle of intericiō (“throw or place between”), from inter (“between”) + iaciō (“throw”). Displaced Old English betwēoxāworpennes (literally “between-thrown-out-ness”), a calque of the Latin.

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